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ALL meanings of hand-me-down

hand-me-down
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  • noun hand-me-down used garment 1
  • noun hand-me-down used item 1
  • adjective hand-me-down second-hand 1
  • noun hand-me-down an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones. 1
  • noun hand-me-down any item not new that is or can be used again: Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs. 1
  • adjective hand-me-down passed along for further use by others: some hand-me-down clothes from my older brother. 1
  • adjective hand-me-down borrowed or adapted from other sources; derivative: a street full of hand-me-down architecture. 1
  • countable noun hand-me-down Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use. 0
  • adjective hand-me-down Hand-me-down is used to describe things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use. 0
  • noun hand-me-down something, esp an outgrown garment, passed down from one person to another 0
  • noun hand-me-down (as modifier) 0
  • noun hand-me-down anything that has already been used by another 0
  • noun hand-me-down something, esp. an article of clothing, which is used and then passed along to someone else 0
  • adjective hand-me-down used; secondhand 0
  • adjective hand-me-down ready-made and cheap 0
  • noun hand-me-down An item that is passed along for someone else to use; especially, a piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by a older sibling and passed down to a younger one. 0
  • adjective hand-me-down Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user. 0
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